Author Archives: Ted Kane

Chasing Trane: Exploring a Jazz Giant at the GRAMMY Museum

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Ted Kane

John Coltrane left this mortal plane fifty years ago, but the his spirit lives on in his music, which remains as influential and powerful as ever. The GRAMMY Museum explores the jazz giant’s life and work with it’s newest exhibit … Continue reading →

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Thrills! Chills! Opera!

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Ted Kane

Opera goers in Los Angeles and Orange County have a number of exciting (and seasonally appropriate) options to choose from this and next weekend. Pacific Opera Project, Los Angeles Opera and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County are all mounting … Continue reading →

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Opera Is Scary, Kids: Pacific Opera Project’s Latest Production is a Horror Double Feature

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Ted Kane

Pacific Opera Project (POP) returns in time for Halloween with a pairing of supernatural themed short operas. Opening October 27th at the Highland Park Ebell Club for three performances before moving to Santa Monica’s Miles Memorial Playhouse for three more, … Continue reading →

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Pacific Opera Project Presents Lucia Di Lamermoor at Forrest Lawn in Glendale

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Ted Kane

Pacific Opera Project’s 2017 season resumes with a production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Forrest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale for five shows this September. In February, POP staged a charming production of the same composer’s L’Elisir d’Amore at … Continue reading →

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Hanging With the ‘In’ Crowd at 30th Long Beach Jazz Festival

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Ted Kane

The 30th annual Long Beach Jazz Festival was held August 11th-13th, 2017, delivering a weekend of good times and great musicianship to Rainbow Lagoon in downtown Long Beach. The festival draws thousands of loyal fans every year to enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Sylvia Brooks, Dale Fielder, and More: June Jazz in L.A.

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Ted Kane

Jazz, despite any malicious gossip you may have heard to the contrary, remains alive and well in Los Angeles in 2017. Here are some upcoming shows we are looking forward to this summer, starting with one this very evening in … Continue reading →

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Theater Review: The Designated Mourner at REDCAT

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Ted Kane

Wallace Shawn’s play The Designated Mourner, showing at REDCAT through May 21st, is an existential drama that unfolds in an unnamed city, in an unnamed country, at an unspecified time. Under the minimalist direction of André Gregory, a cast of … Continue reading →

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My Dystopia With André: REDCAT presents The Designated Mourner

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Ted Kane

2017 has and continues to be a year of landmark plays and players in Los Angeles.  REDCAT plays host for ten performances to just such a production when it stages Wallace Shawn’s “The Designated Mourner” from May 11th to 21st … Continue reading →

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Interview: James Conlon & Lisa Sutton Discuss Pittance Chamber Music’s Program of Mozart and Mendelssohn at Zipper Hall

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Ted Kane

Pittance Chamber Music presents its second concert of the 2016/17 season at 8pm this Friday, February 3rd, at Zipper Hall.  The program will feature Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 in B flat (often referred to as the “Gran Partita” after an … Continue reading →

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